and learn more about Puerto Rico
The island of Puerto Rico packs a tremendous amount of diversification into its relative small land mass, making it a perfect holiday destination for folks looking for more than just a Caribbean beach getaway. In order to help promote the whole island of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Government and Puerto Rico Tourism Company divided [...]
Never get tired of taking photographs @ El Morro fort in Old San Juan Used the camera+ iPhone app to bring out a warmer tone to the arches…
Canon @ El Morro during 1697 Battle of San Juan Reenactment
This past weekend the Regimiento Fijo de Puerto Rico and a group of Living History Volunteers including more than a dozen from Poland reenacted events from the 1797 Battle of San Juan. The weekend started with a night march through the streets of Old San Juan and continued with events in and around El Morro [...]
Old San Juan captured in photographs. I always take my camera with me when ever I am in Old San Juan and here are a few from the past few visits, to give you a feel of this old walled city. Raices Fountain Paseo de la Princesa Paseo de la Princesa San Juan Gate Steps [...]
Kids love zoo’s and the Mayaguez Zoo on the west coast of Puerto Rico is a great way to spend a few hours getting ‘up close’ to some of the planets exotic animals, reptiles and birds. ‘Parque Nacional Zoologico de Puerto Rico Dr. Juan A. Rivero’ to give the zoo its official title (Mayaguez Zoo [...]
Castillo Serralles in Ponce is the Grand House that rum built. The house was built back in the 1930’s by the Serralles family who made their money growing sugar cane and producing fine Puerto Rican rum.
Parque de Bombas is one of the most recognized buildings in Ponce and is probably up there with El Morro Fort when it comes to landmarks of Puerto Rico. The building was designed and built for the 1882 Exhibition Trade Fair and by 1885 it had become known as Ponce’s official fire station. Today, Parque [...]
The locals call the Cataño Ferry, La Lancha de Cataño and it crosses the San Juan Bay between Pier 2 in Old San Juan over to the ferry terminal in Cataño. It’s a short 5 minute ferry ride with the ferry running every 15 to 30 minutes depending on the day of the week and [...]
